5 killed after plane nosedived into California parking lot

This photo provided by Eddie Ponsdomenech shows a twin-engine aircraft crashed near the South Coast Plaza shopping center in Santa Ana, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac says the twin-engine Cessna 414 declared an emergency before crashing about a mile from Orange County's John Wayne Airport.

The Latest: Pilot’s emergency call didn’t specify problem

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arl... An investigator says the pilot declared an emergency but didn't state the nature of his problem before a Cessna nosedived into a Southern California parking lot, killing all five people on board. The National Transportation Safety Board's Albert Nixon said he didn't know Monday how much time elapsed between the distress call and the crash.

Five passenger aboard twin-engine plane killed in crash

Photos from the scene show the plane upright but on its belly outside the South Coast Plaza shopping center in Santa Ana All five passengers aboard a small plane were killed on Sunday when the aircraft crashed in a Southern California mall parking lot, according to local authorities. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac says the twin-engine Cessna 414 declared an emergency before crashing about a mile from Orange County's John Wayne Airport.

California city debates sanctuary law exemption

In this March 27, 2018, file photo, a group of sanctuary state supporters gather outside the Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting in Santa Ana, Calif., as they prepare to discuss joining a DOJ lawsuit against the state of California. More local governments in California are resisting the state's efforts to resist the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, and political experts see politics at play as Republicans try to fire up voters in a state where the GOP has grown weak.

Congress should stop ‘policing for profit’

An officer picks up money that spilled from an ATM that was cut open after Sky High marijuana collective raided by Santa Ana city code officials, law enforcement in Santa Ana, CA, on Tuesday, Jan 23, 2018. The medical-marijuana dispensary gained national attention after Santa Ana police officers were caught on video eating snacks there during a 2015 raid.

Couple married 75 years dies in wildfires: ‘They were happy right up until the last minute,’ son says

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California Cubans Celebrate Fidel Castro’s Deatha

Cuban-Americans in Southern California were overjoyed at the news of Fidel Castro's death on Friday, as the dictator who clung to power for decades and drove many to flee to the United States finally passed. "Throughout Southern California on Saturday, Cuban-Americans hoisted glasses of champagne and waved Cuban and American flags in celebration of Castro's death," the Orange County Register reported .

Attacks between Lou Correa and Bao Nguyen grow in the race to replace Loretta Sanchez

Fighting to narrow Lou Correa's big lead in money and primary voters, congressional candidate Bao Nguyen is aggressively going after his fellow Democrat and Correa is striking back. At stake is the seat of outgoing Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Orange, in the blue-collar, heavily immigrant district that includes Anaheim and Santa Ana, and parts of Garden Grove and Orange.

Woman who pointed out alleged rapist is sentenced in killing

Esparza a former psychology professor was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for the 1995... Norma Patricia Esparza was a Southern California college student in 1995 when she says she was raped by a man she met at a bar. A black man killed by police in front of a convenience store was remembered as the "meaning of Southern hospitality" and a good man whose death at the hands of two white police officers "woke up Baton Rouge and... Grieving residents of Baton Rouge honored an appeal at the funeral of a black man killed by police to celebrate his life rather than demonstrate about his death.